The machine account cannot be found

The_machine_account_cannot_be_found_5_Rule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

UserEnv experienced an error applying Group Policy to the domain controller. Group Policy must be applied successfully for domain controllers to function properly because domain controllers get several critical permissions, such as Access this computer from network, through policy.

Because of the architecture of UserEnv, Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) is unable to directly report the specific problem.

Sample Event:

Windows cannot find the machine account, %1.

Causes

Possible causes include:

The computer has been restarted. If it is determined that this was the cause of the alert, simply resolve the alert.
The computer might be running out of available memory.

Resolutions

For more information, see the UserEnv log file. UserEnv logging is not enabled by default. To enable UserEnv logging, see article 221833, “How to enable user environment debug logging in retail builds of Windows” in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=25636. The log file provides details about the specific error.

External

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.Server.2012.R2.AD.DomainControllerRole
Category	EventCollection
Enabled	True
Event_ID	1097
Event Source	Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True
Event Log	System
Comment	Mom2005ID='{0A60E2D9-9F78-4F53-B2DD-0A21DA018E2E}';MOM2005GroupID=

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider	Default
CollectEventData	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent	Default
CollectEventDataWarehouse	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="The_machine_account_cannot_be_found_5_Rule" Comment="Mom2005ID='{0A60E2D9-9F78-4F53-B2DD-0A21DA018E2E}';MOM2005GroupID=" Enabled="true" Target="AD2012R2Core!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2012.R2.AD.DomainControllerRole" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

      <LogName>System</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>1097</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventData" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventDataWarehouse" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>